Alejandra Garcia
DSM
SVP Global Procurement
Elevating's Procurement's Impact Through Business Partnering and Stakeholder Engagement
- Making procurement an integral part of company strategy through business partnering.
- Deliver real impact to business.
- Boost stakeholder and team engagement.
Mauricio Odovaine
Meta
Head of Outsourcing & Sourcing
AI's Transformative Role in Procurement Practices
- Utilizing AI algorithms to identify and onboard diverse suppliers contributing to supplier diversity goals.
- Enhancing supplier discovery processes through AI-powered data analysis and predictive modeling.
- Exploring how AI-driven predictive analytics can optimize demand forecasting, reducing inventory costs and supply chain risks.
- Exploring AI's ethical impact in procurement, addressing biases and risks while ensuring transparent, fair, and accountable processes in compliance with European regulations.
Jorge Alberto Mendez
Hitachi Energy
Head of Procurement Indirect Materials & Services
Digital Front End and AI as an Enabler for SCM Transformation
- Digital front end transforming SCM service catalog.
- Transformation practical roadmap.
- AI and the shared service centers future.
- AI is not the first option, there are other. solutions.
- AI will not replace humans but collaborate hand to hand.
- Actual used cases for AI in procurement.
Benjamin Zeidler
AgileOne
Senior Director – Business Development DACH
Future-Proofing Your Procurement Strategy: Navigating Workforce Solutions with MSP/VMS Solution
- MSPs in talent management: Addressing labor shortages and strategic talent sourcing for long-term business goals.
- Efficiency and savings with VMS: Streamlining procurement, enhancing visibility, and achieving cost savings.
- Vendor neutrality vs. non-neutrality: Analyzing the impact on procurement strategy, supplier diversity, and cost-effectiveness.
- MSPs vs. staffing agencies: Highlighting MSPs' role in compliance, risk management, and strategic category management.
- Direct sourcing in talent acquisition: Enhancing employer branding and engaging a loyal talent pool.
- Case study: Demonstrating MSP and VMS effectiveness in labor solutions, cost savings, compliance, and strategic management.
Stijn Laenen
Nippon Shokubai Europe
Head of Procurement
Evolving Procurement: Make it count
- How the world of procurement is changing and how to adapt?
- Purpose-driven Procurement: Make it count.
- Strategic Partnerships with suppliers and stakeholders: We are in this together.
- The new Procurement Talent: How to attract, retain and develop procurement talent?
Frederic Jacquet
Solvay
VP Procurement Industrial and Indirects
Industrial Contracts Management
- Productivity: Wrench time (how to measure and implement)
- EPC vs EPCm in Major Capex
- Leveraging safety performance
- Change order and cost management
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